In BDSM communities, these kinds of contracts help dominants and submissives play with each other safely, both emotionally and physically. The contract wasn’t just a figment of author E. Before he had so much as seen her naked, Christian Grey pulled out a stack of papers for Anastasia Steele to fill out, outlining the terms of their agreement - everything from when they would spend time together to what they each would and wouldn’t do sexually. Fifty Shades of Grey might have gotten a lot wrong about the BDSM experience, but there’s one thing it got very right: The presence of a BDSM contract when a couple is negotiating the particulars of their relationship.